Noor Mohammad Qarqin (born 1953 in a village in Qarqeen District of Jowzjan Province, Afghanistan[1]) is a former minister in the Afghan government and ambassador.
In 1978, he began service in the Ministry of Education as a member of the Uzbek and Turkmen Department, and later had a leading position in the gas and oil industry in Hairatan.
[1] After the Soviet invasion he moved to Pakistan and took part in the Islamic resistance against the communist regime.
Between 2002 and 2004 Qarqeen was Social Affairs Minister of Afghanistan in the Transitional Administration,[2] headed by Hamid Karzai.
In the first presidential elections after the fall of the Taliban, he was director of the successful campaign of Karzai.